«Sure, it may not look very comfortable, but the Nike Blazer Pentium 1.0 Shoes by artist Gabriel Dishaw are more of a decorative piece than something you wear on the courts. It’s the “first part of a series of classic sneakers.” Continue reading for more pictures»..

.. and don’t miss: The Remote-Controlled Bowling Ball

.. and last but not least: Second Generation Pet Rock is USB-Powered, Still Does Nothing

Aujourd’hui, le Guardian nous cause de la popularité croissante des réseaux dans le réseau, et plus particulièrement de Freenet, une sombre application qui permettrait aux terroristes et autres beatniks et libertaires de tout poils de s’échanger des virus, de la pédophilie et des plans pour fabriquer une bombe atomique.. Mais ne vous inquiétez pas, la police veille..

« En Grande-Bretagne, un spot télévisé fait culpabiliser les parents de l’impact du réchauffement climatique sur leurs enfants. Une stratégie jugée contre-productive par certains experts.

Le spot a coûté 10 millions d’euros au gouvernement britannique. Pendant une minute, il raconte l’histoire d’un père lisant un livre à sa fille. Le récit dépeint un monde “très, très étrange” aux “horribles conséquences” sur les enfants. Les images du livre montrent des villes inondées, où se noient les habitants et leurs animaux. Le réchauffement climatique est représenté sous la forme d’un monstre flottant dans le ciel..»

sources:

• La suite chez: youphil
• BBC News: ‘Scary’ UK climate ad faces probe

Avec l’arrivée du printemps austral, la flotte baleinière japonaise se prépare à reprendre la mer dans quelques jours, pour entamer une nouvelle saison de chasse dans les eaux de l’Antarctique. Mais c’est sans compter la célèbre association Sea Shepherd Conservation Society de Paul Watson..

This is another big step by the industrial age: Two big nations finally managed to significantly pollute the pacific ocean (said to be the biggest ocean of the planet).

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of marine litter in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between the US and Chinese coast. Its size is estimated to be twice the size of Texas.

Thousands of tons of bottle caps, bags, wrappers, abandoned fishing nets and micro-pellets used in abrasive cleaners are carried from the west coast of North America in about five years, and debris from the east coast of Asia in a year or less. Some of the trash have labels written in Chinese and English.

According to Katsuhiko Saido (Nihon University, Japan), plastic actually does decompose, releasing potentially toxic chemicals that can disrupt the functioning of hormones in animals and marine life.

Plastics have entangled birds and turned up in the bellies of fish. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates 100,000 marine mammals die trash-related deaths each year.

Wikipedia: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Found at Yankodesign.com: In ten years from now, there probably will be no war amongst manufacturers with regards to display; coz there simply will be NONE! Holograms will replace the screens! Trou Hologram Mobile Phone relies totally on 3D holograms being projected in the vacant display area. Tiny projectors line the inner surface of the hollow and bring to life the many aspects of the technology. Imagine seeing 3D maps of a particular area and much more..

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• Hack a day: The Lego iPod hacking robot

Environmental activists held a hoax press conference Monday morning, pretending to be the business group — and pretending to announce that the chamber was dropping its opposition to climate-change legislation now in Congress..

Sources:

• les Yes Men s’invitent dans la bataille législative américaine
• The Yes Men at U.S. Chamber of Commerce

It is said that we throw away millions of tonnes of food a year – a quarter of all we buy. Enter the ‘freegans’ – campaigners like Tristram Stuart who are tackling the scandal of global waste by digging around in supermarket bins for their weekly shop..

Sources:

• Guardian.co.uk: The freegans
• Guardian.co.uk:Why do we throw away vast amounts of food?